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What’s in a name? Or particularly a label? We all seem to have one these days. If we’re not a first time...

Major lenders including Barclays, HSBC, and TSB have reduced their interest rates on new fixed mortgages, offering a glimmer of hope...

We all know that first-time buyers have had a tough time of it lately. Mad mini-budgets resulting in higher interest rates...

Renting a flat or house in the UK has never been more difficult. The market is tight, supply is limited and...

Britain is in the midst of a senior living housing crisis – according to CBRE, an undersupply of 614,000 mid-market senior...

The final tickets are on sale for next month’s Agency Excellence Summit. The event takes place at the Manchester Piccadilly Hotel on...

Build to Rent (BTR) is the UK’s fastest-growing sector and this trend looks set to continue throughout 2023 and beyond. The...

I recently wrote that the long-gestating Renters Reform Bill, finally introduced in Parliament back in May, could be poorly timed, both...

Andrew Jones, Group Director, Corporate Lettings & Build to Rent, Leaders Romans Group (LRG) In the past 10 years, the Build to...

By adopting a top-notch Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you're not only opening doors to acquiring new customers and nurturing existing...

A recent study conducted by the Technical University of Denmark reported that the attention span of people around the world is...

Over the last two years, the property industry has experienced unprecedented change through shifting market conditions and new regulations around compliance. To...

For years now estate agents have been on a journey from digital infancy to digital maturity. But what does the future...

Almost half of the UK public think young people cannot afford to buy their own home because they spend too much...

The government’s plan to put Energy Performance Certificates at the heart of its bid to reach Net Zero has hit a stumbling...

The property industry and its many stakeholders are key participants in a global digital transformation that has been underway for quite...

Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...

The distribution of home ownership across different generations has been a cause of strife according to a think-tank. The Resolution Foundation’s latest...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Mark Armstrong, and my business card says...

The last 12 months have heralded significant change across the property market and indeed we could argue across all markets in...

As the property market continues to boom, competition between portals such as Zoopla, Rightmove, OnTheMarket and Boomin has been hotting up...

In the not-too-distant future, it will be possible to order a driverless car to collect you and then drive you to...

As we adjust to a life post-Covid-19, letting agents, landlords, and tenants are thinking - ways to speed up the process...

The fallout from Covid-19 has hit everyone hard. With breaking news today that agents are able to look at how to...

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...

A high profile and widely-respected estate agent is predicting a huge demographic change to one of the country’s wealthiest enclaves -...

The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...

We are facing a new world in the lettings industry, with the proportion of households in the private rented sector (PRS)...

The portals say they are ready and willing to play their part in changes approaching the industry, ranging from new agency...

In a new video interview, Steve Carroll, director of industry relations at Real Estate Group, tells industry commentator Christopher Watkin why...

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...

With the UK population spending longer in rental accommodation, due to the upfront expense of buying a home, their time and...

Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive.  Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...

Online agency platform Love2move insists that its current bid to attract investors will not be damaged by the adverse publicity surrounding...

Interesting news this week from South Africa where the PropTech startup, Flow, has raised R20m in the country’s 'biggest PropTech seed...

Purchasing a property. It’s a key life goal that so many Millennials aspire to - yet one that has become frustratingly...

Millennials aged 18 to 34 are putting plans for romance, children and even hobbies on ice as they make huge sacrifices...

With all the recent change and upheaval in the rental sector it may be time to consider how letting agencies will...

A survey shows only 18 per cent of vendors favour reviews over personal recommendations when it comes to choosing an estate...

It’s no secret that technology has changed the way businesses operate, in all sectors. With that has come changes to the...

Having recently attended FUTURE: PropTech in London, it struck me just how far the integration of property and technology has progressed...

100 years ago, 90% of the UK population rented a home. Today, that figure has flipped, and over two thirds are...

There is a common misconception that the private rented sector (PRS) is entirely made up of young professionals and students. While...

A flat in Brixton is being raffled for £5 a ticket by a start-up entrepreneur who claims this is just the...

At any given moment it’s difficult to say which issue dominates our marketplace, but I think it’s fair to acknowledge during...

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...

Some 41 per cent of parents are not in a position to provide any financial support towards helping their child get...

A think tank says the penalties now levied against second home owners - such as the stamp duty surcharge and phasing...

I was recently contributing to whitepaper by a major bank about the future of the property industry and, as I was...

First time buyer registrations in the past month have jumped nearly 20 per cent across the UK and almost 30 per...

Purplebricks' entry into selective areas of the US market comes just as new evidence suggests the use of estate agencies by...

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...

So what is it with young people failing to stand up for themselves and not making the most of their money...